Peel Science Animation Festival invites all registered students in Peel to participate in our first science animation contest!

This event is intended to promote scientific literacy and communication at secondary school level. Its direct connection to the Ontario curricula, in effect, offers creative opportunity for students to understand science concepts in depth and illuminate others with their perspectives. [Learn more about your eligibility]

Our science animation contest hosts two challenge options:​

Our Sponsors:

I-ENVISION Challenges:

This option requires you, as contest participants, to interpret an excerpt containing a novel idea or mechanism which is taken from a recent research article or student thesis. Using your imagination, creativity and any animation technology, you will then illustrate the given description in the form of animation or motion picture. [See topic options]

I-LEARN Challenges:

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This option requires you, as contest participants, to independently conduct research on a given curriculum-based topic. Using your creativity and any animation technology, you will then produce an animation or motion picture to explain the topic. [See topic options]

Prizes include:

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Opportunity for winning team(s)/student(s) to participate in a brief internship with one of the program sponsors, including an overview of company function and completion of a short project.

Selected winners will be invited to the 21st Century Education and Careers Conference hosted by the Faculty of BioMedical Communications at University of Toronto Mississauga. You will receive an exclusive tour of the state-of-the-art facility, have opportunities to network with professors, graduate students in the field and participating industry professionals.

Monetary awards of up to $200 courtesy of AMGEN Canada

Selected winning entries will receive the honour of having their project showcased on the website of various educational organizations which are accessed by visitors worldwide.

All participants will be invited to attend the Peel Science Animation Festival in February 2014